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The French are supposed to be all enlightened, but apparently not when it comes to sex toys: Catholic groups are trying to get a sex shop closed down on the grounds that it's selling "pornographic" materials near a school. But if if they succeed, sex shops could be banned from everywhere but "cemeteries, public gardens and railways." More »
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A sex education CD-ROM designed for 9 to 11-year-old schoolchildren is getting some flack from government officials after it was discovered that the presentation contains realistic, computer generated and cartoon fucking. Sorry — "lovemaking." More »
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One of the oldest pieces of British porn has been discovered in mud near the Putney Bridge in London. The artifact from the first century A.D. looks like it might feature two blobs wrestling, but it's actually a kind of token used in brothels across the Roman Empire, which one could turn in for a particular sex act. It's been handed over to the Museum of London, where it will provide cheap thrills to kids on field trips. More »
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The ballot measures to require porn actors to wear condoms has qualified to go before Los Angeles voters in June, though some are still working to stop it. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation gathered far more than the required 41,000 signatures needed for the initiative, but L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich has filed a legal challenge, saying only the state of California, not the city, has the authority to mandate condom use and charge fees to pay for inspections. More »
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After Lindsay Lohan's entire Playboy pictorial leaked online, Hugh Hefner decided to release the issue early. So how are sales? Well, the mag either "falls flat with consumers," or is "on fire." TMZ reports: More »
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Before Florida Family Association founder David Caton started protesting against the loving families shown on All American Muslim, he tried his hand at writing. His 1990 book, Overcoming the Addiction to Pornography, is a treasure trove of weirdness. More »
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A Saudi Arabian cleric has warned his fellow countrymen against lifting the country's ban on allowing women to drive, asserting that letting ladies take the wheel will lead to a complete extinction of virgins within 10 years. Because everyone knows that ladies will only use their newfound freedom to cars to drive directly to a dick. More »
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In response to the administration's threat to ban Sex Week at Yale from using the university's name or facilities, Sex Week organizers have developed a new proposal they hope will save the event. It will focus on "female sexuality, queer sexuality, and sexual health," rather than porn. More »
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Some men get erotic thrills from seeing nude young women shot, stabbed, pierced by spears and arrows, or killed in a variety of other ways. And a remarkably large Internet industry has arisen to serve this craving. More »
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A profile of porn star James Deen reveals something that shouldn't be shocking but maybe is: he has bona fide female fans. More »
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Yesterday, Yale's president announced that the university's "Sex Week," an exploration of sexual issues featuring panels discussions, guest speakers, and other events, will no longer be allowed to use Yale's name or facilities. Conservative students have been campaigning against Sex Week for some time, calling it pro-porn and anti-relationship. But the president's explanation for the ban includes some more serious allegations. More »
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The Catholic Church is no stranger to preaching one thing and doing another. There are, of course, the recent sexual abuse cases, and who can forget the Crusades? Now we have a new—less egregious but still annoying—violation to add to the list! Here goes: It turns out that the Catholic Church in Germany owns a publishing house that sells pornography, and now that people have found out they're trying to claim it was all a big misunderstanding! Of course it was. More »
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For decades, critics of pornography have insisted that it objectifies women. The thinking is that the more prominent a woman's body is, the more people are inclined to treat her ans an object — and less inclined to think of her as a human with thoughts, goals and emotions. But in a new study, researchers have found that's not necessarily true. More »
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If you've ventured onto Twitter within the last few days, you might have noticed an unfamiliar name in the trending topics. Clicking over to the April Pratt topic page reveals that she's not a scientist or athlete or political candidate. Like many female internet sensations, she's another young woman filmed giving some guy a blow job. Just like Amber Cole! But this time, of age, and with nut-bubbles! How is everyone not bored with this yet? More »
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Officials at the FAA are peeved at an airline pilot who allowed two skydivers to have sex on his plane, jump from the plane while outfitted in skydiving equipment, and then continue the act in midair while filming the whole thing. Not only is there no word yet for what this is (let's just call it skyfucking or fuckdiving), there are also not enough superfluous x's in the world to convey just how sexxxxxxy this is. Sexxxxy and imaginative. More »
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Dozens of inmates have started a letter writing campaign against a new policy that would ban pornographic materials from inside Connecticut prison walls, and some have even threatened legal action. More »
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Poor, exhausted-seeming Amanda Knox has endured a stateside media frenzyapalooza since her return to America after her murder conviction was overturned by an Italian appeals court. And now, to add to the cacophony, an offer to work for Vivid Entertainment. The job isn't to have sex with mustachioed thunderdicks, and Knox would be allowed to keep her clothes entirely on. Vivid's not actually asking her to appear on camera at all; the company wants to hire her to travel around to various adult entertainment-themed events and serve as a company spokeswoman. More »
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Adult performers can breathe a sigh of relief — and carry on with their important work — because a second test revealed that the anonymous actor who sparked the shutdown of L.A.'s porn industry is not HIV positive. Diane Duke of the Free Speech Coalition, a porn industry trade group, says: More »
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Porn sets across L.A. were quiet today, after an anonymous porn star's positive HIV test prompted adult film studios to temporarily halt production. The companies should be back to cranking out the smut Americans crave later this week, but the news has reignited the debate over the best way to prevent the spread of HIV and other STDs within the industry. More »
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Great news, weirdos! PETA is launching a porn site! Finally, they can skip the "we love animals!" charade and get right down to bringing us the tits they've been all about showcasing this entire time. More »
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Pre-registration has started for the new .XXX domain, and while people are tremendously excited that porn will finally be available on the internet, businesses say they're being shaken down for registration fees. Companies like Mattel are faced with a choice of paying $200 now to claim the name Barbie.xxx, or spending thousands in legal fees after squatters set up an official-looking porn site showing what America's favorite doll does when the toy chest is closed. More »
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Actress Traci Lords is apparently pretty pissed off at Amazon right now —and she's considering taking legal action. More »
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A controversial database containing the STI statuses of porn performers is back, in slightly revised form. The porn industry has argued that the database, which contains results from tests conducted every 30 days and can take a performer out of commission, works better than mandatory condom use. More »
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Thanks to the internet, porn is no longer associated with seedy, sticky-floored shops where respectable folks wouldn't dare be seen. As porn goes more and more mainstream, is our society deciding that porn is not evil? And, taking things one step further: Is pornography helpful? More »
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Michele Bachmann, it will not shock you to learn, is the first Republican candidate to sign a pledge to be the most socially conservative candidate to walk the plains of Iowa. The document itself is a thing of beauty. More »
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Some consider him a champion of First Amendment rights. Others think he's a vile smut peddler who's made his fortune by playing into the basest of immoral fantasies, particularly those that tend to feature females as victims of violence or molestation. But what does Flynt think of his own experiences as a victim of violence and molestation? More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5807415&view=rss&microfeed=true A list of recommended, non-judgmental providers and a database of performers' sexually transmitted infections is meant to replace the functions provided by the now-defunct Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation. More »
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Mothers, beware: there's a new way your children are being exposed to online pornography — and they don't even have to seek it out themselves! My Fox DC brings us a story of a mother who was doing the responsible thing by monitoring her kids' computer usage, and found a vile suprise in the place she least expected, The Sims 3. Fox interviewed a rep from internet safety group "Enough Is Enough," who suggested pornographers are actively looking for innocent sites to hack into to expose your children to naughty photos at at a young age. First The Sims, what's next — Farmville? More »
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I am ALL about normalizing and celebrating sexual diversity. Particularly that of our genitalia, its functions, and our desires. More »
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Yes, you read that right. U.S. officials found an "extensive" pornographic video collection at the compound. Holy, indeed. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5801652&view=rss&microfeed=true The New York Post enters the debate over First Amendment protections versus community concerns, mostly by issuing high moral outrage. It clearly prefers that you look to its own prurient pages for titillation, hypocrisy optional. More »
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Researchers spent years analyzing a billion web searches and discovered that people who use the internet are a bunch of deviants, but that in a world where everyone's a deviant, the very concept of deviance dissolves. Whoa. More »
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Recently, some asshole posted nude photos of his ex, who had committed the unforgivable sin of breaking up with him and then dating someone else three months later, on an online message board. There is already a script to this: The ex's sob story alongside the pictures, the aggressively jaded evaluation by the men of whether they'd hit that and whether or not the guy himself is a loser (the answer is yes), the posting of the girl's phone number and talk of "sending the thread," which of course means sending the thread to the girl, who was located very quickly. The girl herself even showed up (apparently) and loudly proclaimed that she didn't give a shit. More »
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A large group of Senators — Republican and Democrat — are peeved at the Obama administration because it's not prosecuting enough adult, apparently consensual, pornography. The Justice Department says that's because it's applying its limited resources to fighting the exploitation of children, which isn't good enough for some advocates. More »
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Last fall, rumors circulated that porn actress Bieyanka Moore was actually a fifteen-year-old girl. Moore denied it, but now a Florida mom is suing porn site Reality Kings for distributing Moore's movie, claiming that Moore is her runaway teenage daughter. More »
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In a rare move, California regulators have fined two porn companies for failing to use condoms on their sets. If some groups have their way, such fines will become more common. More »
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A teacher has left her job after a student recognized her from some nineties porn movies. And this is the second time she's had to quit teaching over completely legal films she made years ago. More »
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Last week, The New York Times published a piece about the ongoing debate about condoms use in pornography production. Now, a reporter on the inside is calling bullshit. More »
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Maxim cover models aren't known for their modesty, but it seems Olivia Munn has gone too far with a pair of see-through underwear on the February cover. Luckily, Fox News is here to wail, "Won't someone think of the children?" More »
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